Association between Genetic Variations of MERTK and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Koreans.

abstract：:Lyme disease is a vector-borne infection, primarily transmitted by Ixodes ticks, and caused by Borrelia burgdorferi. It has a wide distribution in the northern hemisphere. In Korea, however, only one human case has been reported, although B. burgdorferi was isolated from the vector tick I. persulcatus in the region. A...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim TH,Choi EH,Lee MG,Ahn SK

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hepatitis A virus (HAV) has been the leading cause of viral hepatitis in Korea since the 2000s. We aimed to describe the current status and regional differences in hepatitis A incidence. We studied the total number of hepatitis A cases reported to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention through the Na...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Moon S,Han JH,Bae GR,Cho E,Kim B

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Telomere shortening and telomerase activation occur frequently in cases of colorectal carcinoma. In this study, we correlated the clinicopathological parameters with the telomere length in colorectal carcinomas, colonic polyps, and normal colonic tissues. We also investigated whether the telomere length changes reflec...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim HR,Kim YJ,Kim HJ,Kim SK,Lee JH

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Japanese hop (Hop J) pollen has been considered as one of the major causative pollen allergens in the autumn season. We developed a new Hop J immunotherapy extract in collaboration with Allergopharma (Reinbeck, Germany) and investigated immunologic mechanisms during 3 yr immunotherapy. Twenty patients (13 asthma with ...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Ye YM,Lee SK,Kim SH,Nahm DH,Suh CH,Park HS

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scrotal leiomyomas with atypical bizarre nuclei are rare, which might be misdiagnosed as malignant tumor. We describe a case of scrotal bizarre leiomyoma in a 65-yr-old man. The tumor was a 1 cm-sized, well circumscribed, oval mass arising from the tunica dartos muscle. Histologically, it was formed by whorling bundle...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim NR,Sung CO,Han J

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although congenital renal tumors are rare, congenital mesoblastic nephroma (CMN) is the most common renal tumor in early infancy. It is non-metastatic, well differentiated, amenable to surgical removal, and carries a good prognosis. Polyhydramnios has been detected in most of the published cases of CMN. However, we ex...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim CH,Kim YH,Cho MK,Kim KM,Ha JA,Joo EH,Kim SM,Song TB

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since mid-April 2020, cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) associated with coronavirus disease 2019 that mimics Kawasaki disease (KD) have been reported in Europe and North America. However, no cases have been reported in Korea. We describe an 11-year old boy with fever, abdominal pain, and d...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim H,Shim JY,Ko JH,Yang A,Shim JW,Kim DS,Jung HL,Kwak JH,Sol IS

更新日期：2020-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe two cases of fetal atrial flutter associated with severe fetal hydrops which were unresponsive to digoxin but were successfully treated with flecainide acetate. Two cases of fetal atrial flutter were identified in fetuses with severe fetal hydrops on 3rd trimester ultrasonogram(28 weeks' gestation and 30 w...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Won HS,Lee IS,Yoo HK,Yoo SJ,Ko JK,Lee PR,Kim A,Mok JE

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the clinical presentations, diagnostic and therapeutic modalities, and prognosis from follow-up of infants with apparent life-threatening events (ALTE). In addition, the relationship between the clinical characteristics of patients and significant intervention scores was analyzed. We enrolled patients ...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Choi HJ,Kim YH

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We intended to determine that virtual endoscopy and laparoscopy of the stomach based on serially sectioned cadaver images is beneficial. Therefore, the outlines between the gastric wall and lumen were traced using the new female data of the Visible Korean to build a volume model. While the outlines were expanded at ap...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kwon K,Shin DS,Shin BS,Park HS,Lee S,Jang HG,Park JS,Chung MS

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an autosomal recessive disorder, caused by homozygous absence of the survival motor neuron gene (SMN1) in approximately 94% of patients. Since most carriers have only one SMN1 gene copy, several SMN1 quantitative analyses have been used for the SMA carrier detection. We developed a rel...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lee TM,Kim SW,Lee KS,Jin HS,Koo SK,Jo I,Kang S,Jung SC

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear medicine is a rapidly growing discipline that employs advanced novel hybrid techniques that provide unique anatomical and functional information, as well as targets for molecular therapy. Concomitantly, there has been an increase in the attention paid to medical radiation exposure. A radiological justification...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim BI

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Miyoshi myopathy (MM) is an autosomal recessive distal muscular dystrophy caused by mutations in the dysferlin gene (DYSF) on chromosome 2p13. Although MM patients and their mutations in the DYSF gene have been found from all over the world, there is only one report of genetically confirmed case of MM in Korea. Recent...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Cho HJ,Sung DH,Kim EJ,Yoon CH,Ki CS,Kim JW

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of lower gastrointestinal bleeding (LGIB) is increasing; however, predictors of outcomes for patients with LGIB are not as well defined as those for patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB). The aim of this study was to identify the clinical outcomes and the predictors of poor outcomes for pa...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kwak MS,Cha JM,Han YJ,Yoon JY,Jeon JW,Shin HP,Joo KR,Lee JI

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Invasive bacterial infections in apparently immunocompetent children were retrospectively analyzed to figure causative bacterial organisms in Korea. METHODS:A total of 947 cases from 25 university hospitals were identified from 2006 to 2010 as a continuance of a previous 10-year period study from 1996 to 20...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Rhie K,Choi EH,Cho EY,Lee J,Kang JH,Kim DS,Kim YJ,Ahn Y,Eun BW,Oh SH,Cha SH,Hong YJ,Kim KN,Kim NH,Kim YK,Kim JH,Lee T,Kim HM,Lee KS,Kim CS,Park SE,Kim YM,Oh CE,Ma SH,Jo DS,Choi YY,Lee HJ

更新日期：2018-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Deposition of basement membrane extracellular matrix is influenced by adjacent tumor cells, and in some cases, the pattern of type IV collagen deposit is characteristic in malignant tumors. In this report, we analyzed the difference in type IV collagen deposition patterns between benign and malignant phyllodes tumors ...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim WH,Kim CW,Noh DY,Kim YI

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stent fracture (SF) has been implicated as a risk factor for in-stent restenosis, but its incidence and clinical characteristics are not well established. Therefore we investigated the conditions associated with stent fracture and its clinical presentation and outcome. Between 2004 and 2007, consecutive cases of SF we...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Park KW,Park JJ,Chae IH,Seo JB,Yang HM,Lee HY,Kang HJ,Cho YS,Yeon TJ,Chung WY,Koo BK,Choi DJ,Oh BH,Park YB,Kim HS

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Japanese encephalitis (JE) cases have been increasingly reported recently especially in Seoul and its vicinity. Pigs are known as amplifying host of JE virus (JEV), but do not play an important role in these recent events because pig-breeding is not common in Seoul. The distribution and the density of migratory birds ...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Bae W,Kim JH,Kim J,Lee J,Hwang ES

更新日期：2018-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The rapid increases in childhood obesity and physical inactivity are linked to the incidence of diabetes among young individuals. However, few studies have evaluated the prevalence of diabetes among this population. Therefore, we used Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) data to evaluate th...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Cho EH,Shin D,Cho KH,Hur J

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 1 myotonic dystrophy (DM1) is an autosomal-dominant inherited disorder with a multisystem involvement, caused by an abnormal expansion of the CTG sequence of the dystrophic myotonia protein kinase (DMPK) gene. DM1 is a variable multisystem disorder with muscular and nonmuscular abnormalities. Increasingly, endocr...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Ko WJ,Kim KY,Kim SM,Hong SJ,Lee SH,Song R,Yang HI,Lee YA

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microarray analysis was used to investigate the lack of identified mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway downstream genes to overcome cross-talk at non-muscle invasive high-grade (HG)-urothelial carcinoma (UC) of the bladder, gene expression patterns, gene ontology, and gene clustering by triple (p70S6K, S6K, a...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Jin S,Chang IH,Kim JW,Whang YM,Kim HJ,Hong SA,Lee TJ

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NAD(P)H oxidase plays an important role in hypertension and its complication in aldosterone-salt rat. We questioned whether NAD(P)H oxidase subunit expression and activity are modulated by aldosterone and whether this is associated with target-organ damage. Rats were infused with aldosterone (0.75 microg/hr/day) for 6...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Park YM,Lim BH,Touyz RM,Park JB

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In patients with colorectal cancer (CRC), the BRAF V600E mutation has been reported to be associated with several clinicopathological features and poor survival. However, the prognostic implications of BRAF V600E mutation and the associated clinicopathological characteristics in CRCs remain controversial. Therefore, w...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Jang MH,Kim S,Hwang DY,Kim WY,Lim SD,Kim WS,Hwang TS,Han HS

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was performed to determine the incidence and serogroups of meningococcal disease in the Korean Army. From August 2000 to July 2001, we identified prospective cases in the Korean Army. Meningococcal disease was confirmed by isolation of Neisseria meningitidis or detection of its antigen by latex agglutinatio...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Lee SO,Ryu SH,Park SJ,Ryu J,Woo JH,Kim YS

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated recent epidemiologic trends regarding campylobacteriosis vs. nontyphoidal salmonellosis (NTS), a previously known leading cause of bacterial enterocolitis in Korean children. Among 363 hospitalized children with acute inflammatory diarrhea, Campylobacter (18.7%) was the most frequently detected pathoge...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Shim JO,Chang JY,Kim A,Shin S

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor necrosis factor-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand (TRAIL) has been reported to specifically kill malignant cells but to be relatively nontoxic to normal cells. One of disadvantages to previous in vivo protocols was the need for large quantities of TRAIL recombinant protein to suppress tumor growth. To evaluate t...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Kim KU,Seo SY,Heo KY,Yoo YH,Kim HJ,Lee HS,Choi SS,Hwang TH,Lee HJ

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Terminal or interstitial deletions of Xp (Xp22.2→Xpter) in males have been recognized as a cause of contiguous gene syndromes showing variable association of apparently unrelated clinical manifestations such as Leri-Weill dyschondrosteosis (SHOX), chondrodysplasia punctata (CDPX1), mental retardation (NLGN4), ichthyos...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Cho EH,Kim SY,Kim JK

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A culture of the Leptospira species and the microscopic agglutination test (MAT) are considered as the reference standard for the diagnosis of leptospirosis, but both tests are imperfect for early diagnosis. We describe 4 patients diagnosed with leptospirosis using nested polymerase chain reaction (N-PCR) that targete...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Na YS,Kim HL,Kim CM,Yun NR,Kim DM

更新日期：2020-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The permanent impairment evaluation for children in developmental stage is very difficult and it is even impossible in some cases. The impairment evaluation for developing children has not yet been included in the guideline of the American Medical Association. Due to frequent medical and social demands in Korea, we de...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Jung HY,Ko TS,Kim HD,Yim SY,Kim MO,Hong SK,Korean Academy of Medical Sciences Pediatric Impairment Evaluation Research Team.

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendritic cells (DCs) are potent antigen-presenting cells. OK432 (Picibanil) was introduced as a potent stimulator of DC maturation in combination with prostaglandin-E(2) and interferon-alpha. We compared the efficacy of a DC-prostate cancer vaccine using early-mature DCs stimulated with OK432, PGE2 and INF-alpha (OPA...

journal_title：Journal of Korean medical science

authors： Yoo C,Do HA,Jeong IG,Park H,Hwang JJ,Hong JH,Cho JS,Choo MS,Ahn H,Kim CS

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00